Telegram-herald., 1887-04-04
He CHANGED HIS NAME
And Escaped Detection for
Many Years.
THE HISTORY Or WILLIAM ElssARE
The Wealth. California; Wanted at
New York 20 Answer an lndict-
menf Presentsa ThlrtY-iour
Years Ago.

SsS FRAScIsco April A last the mys-
terry IS solved and The qae-f'oa Who is
kisssne. thar So the ciiy by the esGs fsr
tie past gesk. is snsgerel Miliiam kis-
sane Is known here - Mi..ism X. Rogers
= wealthy farmer OF Sonors o9unfy there
ar msuy strangely romaniie eatares ia the
story no-- ihe least fenlVkR4ie Being tie
iscl taet ki,sane haas tfs aef living IA
~fn flsne.sre uEuer .no ler name. and
ahu # aua oi TIE mos i1E4alu2, ctreus.
il 81 lu.s nrcth-f's 81 faeact embfalIng as
IL A-ea. "a roads,. legal aua AasJnie circles.
tlst las So c1fen iFs'y stopped the pnoi
caiien q. tae report. aiih9a-h tbe name
va, knoan Saturday night. and Il is knoTn
iae more in4n CAe payer haa The fuil story
10 iFl 4 oe.man parer, Tie Denotras
a!Df Ifnke ilis Ceinraci 81 silence.
Asle' story is lhis he hsa q shoe
.t1tfef ir 4 iaciuaafi ii. lSl3 which barne Il
oJfa ia aF.tarious mznner ole 1lghf.
Tee l.e as1 destroyed aa adjoining soap
t-c,pry O.. Pope * COrder. bringing the
lane. of the members % this firm -
bagyarv. s9n-n-law 81 Pope. namet
D0Tr. came "a California few year aga.
recognized kissano and notified ,hs Cac1i.-
Cal Iian4 After the ire kisszne srd otaegs
chartered steamer nsmei the Washing 80,
and cs;en.io|y loaded her with boots
ana shoes DuEing tie trip tse
steamer WAS destroyed ~ Gre. several
lives being lost. Charges of murder
snd arson followed btssane joined
Walker NieerAu.as expedition deserted in
So. and went 70 Virginia city, Aev. There
be entered iltp partnership with ms1
usaei N-ss9u. wao recently ded ~ he
poor ho-.e - henderson, Iowa. kissaue
in."i f.ra-d par uefsblp with = wealthy
fuaa a. 53nta Clare Cpunfy. Tecether they
"renlei = mine, paving Si5.Vp a month.
which soon made them rich. Rogers with
his share bought the old Surf IS ate. netr
sonora ana settlei down into private life as
". X. Rogers He became a firm friend OF
Colonel Peter Donahue aud WAS associated
with him ia railroad building unti 1913.
lie hecame County Supervisor, was made
President of the Board ~ $50 and has
served without jnter rupiion ever SINCE.
Though the present disclosure j. the first
in the nature OF public sensation. II Is by
no means the frs. with which he has been
threatened. In quarrel with SOnora
county paper in lS7a Rogers career was
binied AZ and from hat can be learnad the
Old man has been pretty freely bled. he IS
q big, tall fellow, carrying his years ana ex-
parience wonderfully well. lives IN good
stvle and j. father o. two children and
siep-flther 10 two grown-up daughters,
having married widow lie enjoys the
reputation OF being an extremely charitable
anl most in3glgent parent.
ksssne's lawyer, Mr.. }. +. Hsrt. Of San
Francisco, was again interviewed YES
terday He cody denied that William
kisssne is az presen known in California
under the name OF Wm. h. Rodgers. II
kissane hsd been in Nicsraugna he said.
IS member OF Gen. Walkers expedition,
he did not know ii.
Tne reporter informed Nr. Har. that Gen.
A. 81.
that he had revealed kisssnes identify. Mr.
Hart replied. We'll. II that is - suit will be
hrouehf against Gen. Dorr ia the morning
for biackmali.'